Pen and Pencil Sketches: Being Reminiscences During Eighteen Years' Residence in BengalS. Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, 1883 - 298 páginas |
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... QUAIL GREY PARTRIDGE . • • HOG HUNTERS AND ARABS THE BENGAL BOAR TIGER TRAP WILD BUFFALOES DISTURBED WOUNDED TIGER . . 189 • 198 205 to face 217 224 227 to face 236 263 23 INTRODUCTION CONTENTS . PAGE 1 CHAPTER I. Despotic nature of.
... QUAIL GREY PARTRIDGE . • • HOG HUNTERS AND ARABS THE BENGAL BOAR TIGER TRAP WILD BUFFALOES DISTURBED WOUNDED TIGER . . 189 • 198 205 to face 217 224 227 to face 236 263 23 INTRODUCTION CONTENTS . PAGE 1 CHAPTER I. Despotic nature of.
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... quail delight in a rather sandy soil . " Ah ! what avails his glossy varying dyes , His jetty breast sparkling with snowy eyes ; His painted wings and game - like neck and head , The vivid colours over all thus spread . He dies ...
... quail delight in a rather sandy soil . " Ah ! what avails his glossy varying dyes , His jetty breast sparkling with snowy eyes ; His painted wings and game - like neck and head , The vivid colours over all thus spread . He dies ...
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... quail is the only bird I know of that consoles the lover of the trigger during the wet and dull intervals of the months of July and August , serving to drive away care , keeping the rust out of your gun , and exercising your pointers ...
... quail is the only bird I know of that consoles the lover of the trigger during the wet and dull intervals of the months of July and August , serving to drive away care , keeping the rust out of your gun , and exercising your pointers ...
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... but exceedingly heavy - flighted , and not good eating . The partridge calls frequently in the mornings , but the young birds as yet are seldom strong on the wing . October . Pheasants at home , and quail in Bengal SPORTING MONTHS . 201.
... but exceedingly heavy - flighted , and not good eating . The partridge calls frequently in the mornings , but the young birds as yet are seldom strong on the wing . October . Pheasants at home , and quail in Bengal SPORTING MONTHS . 201.
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... quail in Bengal , are enjoyed during this month . Quail shooting , from daylight until ten or perhaps eleven o'clock , ought to form the occupation of the sportsman who is lucky enough to be in possession of the first grand requisite to ...
... quail in Bengal , are enjoyed during this month . Quail shooting , from daylight until ten or perhaps eleven o'clock , ought to form the occupation of the sportsman who is lucky enough to be in possession of the first grand requisite to ...
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Pen and Pencil Sketches. Being Reminiscences During Eighteen Years ... W. H. Florio Hutchisson,John Wilson Vista previa restringida - 2024 |
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